French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Friday he may accelerate the French withdrawal from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier shot dead four unarmed French troops during a sports session inside a base.

The CBI has so far registered eight cases in connection with the irregularities in implementation of the multi-crore NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh. It has booked Pradeep Shukla, the former principal secretary, family welfare department, and five others in the case.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday directed the Chhattisgarh government to submit a report on the recent custodial death of a suspected Naxal in undivided Dantewada district.

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt. Amarinder Singh promised that Congress government will provide atta at Rs 1 per kg to the poor.

She brings colour into an otherwise black and white election. Her presence creates a flutter of excitement around and her speeches are happily lapped up by the crowds.

Looking for a career switch? How about politics? In UP, more and more people are switching careers and opting for politics.

The Madhya Pradesh lokayukta on Thursday continued with its anti-corruption drive and unearthed unaccounted wealth and property worth crores of rupees in simultaneous raids at the office and residential premises of the Khandwa district excise officer B.P. Bharke.

Getting aggressive by the day, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, attacked BJP leader Ms Uma Bharti for contesting the polls from Bundelkhand.

Cornering the Akali-BJP alliance on their developmental plank, Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi has described their claims of development in Punjab as hollow. Addressing an election rally at Kapurthala on Thursday Congress president said that this government had proved to be the most inefficient, as Punjab had seen total decline on all fronts during the last five years.

More trouble seems in store for the Mayawati government with the CBI on Thursday booking Pradeep Shukla, UP board of revenue member and a former principal secretary in the family welfare department, and five others over irregularities in the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in the state.